英语词汇“plaintive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	plaintive
释义	plain·tive \ˈplāntiv, -tēv also -təv\ adjective Etymology: Middle English plaintif, from Middle French, from plaint + -if -ive — more at plaint 1. archaic : afflicted with grief or sadness : lamenting, pining < the aimless dead plaintive for Earth — Rupert Brooke > 2. : expressive of suffering or woe : sorrowful, melancholy < he sighed, his voice became plaintive — Aldous Huxley > < plaintive songs … about green hills and pines in the night wind and lonesomeness and dying away from home — R.O.Bowen > < the clarinet sings, in its eerie plaintive tone — Sara R. Watson > • plain·tive·ly \-tə̇vlē, -li\ adverb • plain·tive·ness \-tivnə̇s, -tēv- also -təv-\ noun -es
随便看	negative lens negative logarithm negatively negative misprision negative modulation negativeness negative option negative-painted negative painting negative phase negative plate negative pole negative potential negative pregnant negative pressure negative proton negative resistance negative servitude negative sign negative skewness negative staining negative theology negative transfer negative transmission negative valence

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